Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life

Tyler Perry

Penguin, Feb 6, 2007 - Humor - 272 pages

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In 2005, Tyler Perry took Hollywood by storm. The movie he wrote, produced, and starred in, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, opened number one at the box office and went on to gross more than $50 million. In its first week on sale, the DVD sold 2.4 million copies. At the same time, Perry was starring nightly across the country in a soldout stage show he'd also written, produced, and scored-Madea Goes to Jail-even as another one of his productions, Meet the Browns, was touring nationally. Every week in 2005, 35,000 people saw a Tyler Perry production. His second feature film, Madea's Family Reunion, opens in theaters in February 2006. Now, this triple-threat actor/playwright/director, has written his first book, and it features his most beloved, most irreverent creation: sixty-eight-year-old grandmother Madea Simmons.

Madea is at the center of all of Tyler Perry's work, and she's always unfailingly outspoken, dead-on, and hilarious. But in Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings, Madea shares more than she ever has before- about herself, and about what she thinks of everyone around her. The topics inimitably covered by Madea (a term of endearment for "Mother Dear") include love and marriage, child-rearing, etiquette and neighborliness, beauty tips, health tips, financial tips, the Bible and the church, and, of course, gun care. She's brazen, feisty, and never at a loss for words, but at the heart of everything she says- and at the heart of all of Perry's work-is a resounding message of faith and forgiveness.

Shockingly hilarious, surprisingly moving, and as rousing and inspiring as a great gospel show, Madea's words of wisdom, memories, and straight-up in-your-face advice will be cherished by Perry's numerous fans- and it all comes just in time for Mother's Day. Tyler Perry is about to take the publishing world by storm.

Contents

• FOREWORD BY TYLER PERRY: 8
• INTRODUCTION BY MADEA MABEL SIMMONS: 16
• PART: 42
• PART THREE: 60
• PART FOUR: 88
• PART FIVE: 120
• PART SEVEN: 176
• PART EIGHT: 198
• PART NINE: 224
• MADEA SPEAKS HER MIND: 237
• PART ELEVEN: 254
• EPILOGUE BY TYLER PERRY: 15

About the author

Tyler Perry is a playwright, producer, director, composer, and actor. He is the creative force behind ten theatrical productions that have toured nationally. He is also the writer, producer, and star of the recent number-one hit movie Diary of a Mad Black Woman. His second feature film Madea's Family Reunion, which he wrote, produced, directed, and stars in, is scheduled for release in February 2006. Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings is his first book.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Don't Make a Black Woman Take Off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life; Thorndike Press large print African-American
• Author: Tyler Perry
• Publisher: Penguin, 2007
• ISBN: 1101218037, 9781101218037
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Humor / Form / Parodies; Humor / Topic / Men, Women & Relationships; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies